Crabtree Monologue from The School for Scandal

From The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

comedic · 1:14 min

Why one evening at Mrs. Ponto's Assembly--the conversation happened to turn on the difficulty of breeding Nova-Scotia Sheep in this country--says a young Lady in company (, ") I have known instances of it (--) for Miss Letitia Shepherd, a first cousin of mine, had a Nova-Scotia Sheep that produced her Twins. ("--") What! (") cries the old Dowager Lady Dundizzy (who you know is as deaf as a Post), (") has Miss Letitia Shepherd had twins (") --This Mistake--as you may imagine, threw the whole company into a fit of Laughing--However 'twas the next morning everywhere reported and in a few Days believed by the whole Town, that Miss Letitia Shepherd had actually been brought to Bed of a fine Boy and Girl--and in less than a week there were People who could name the Father, and the Farm House where the Babies were put out to Nurse.

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